In search of breakfast sandwiches in downtown Oakland (Review)

My office sits on 17th and Broadway, smack dab in the middle of downtown Oakland. But it wasn’t always this way.

It was less than a year ago that my offices were two blocks away from Berkeley’s Gourmet Ghetto. Foodwise, that stretch of Shattuck had a lot to offer with the exception of breakfast sandwiches. For this breakfast sandwich groupie, that was a big hole in my daily food experience.

Luckily, downtown Oakland has a lot to offer when it comes to breakfast sandwich options. My preferred setup for breakfast sandwiches: on a croissant, with egg, some kind of meat and cheese. And here’s the thing about the egg, it has to be a real egg. The vast majority of places that serve breakfast sandwiches serve some kind of egg – like substances that’s closer to the consistency of egg-flavored soft tofu. If I’m eating a sandwich, my egg needs to stay together and not get my sandwich all soggy.

With that said, here’s my go-to places for breakfast sandwiches based on my mood.